Swarm of Contractors

We spent a few days at the house, doing our best to get it ready for Moving Day. There was a veritable swarm of contractors there too – lots of noise and dust and progress and paint!

The projects in progress were:

Since the electrician cut a big hole in the top of the previously-wood-paneled wall, we figured we’d just chop off the top of the wall instead of patching it up. The other side of the wall has kitchen cabinets on it. So now, we’ll be able to make a ladder up that wall, and the cats will be able to get on top of the wall and the kitchen cabinets, right in the middle of the house.

Chopping the top off that wall made the top of the wall crumbly, so an awesome paint and drywall guy cleaned up the wall and made it smooth.

The electrician put a thermostat-controlled fan in the carport shed, which has now been converted into a server room.

Our bedroom is right next to the laundry room, which is also where the furnace is. The furnace is loud, so they’re building a more sturdy wall with a solid-core door to keep the furnace noise contained.

We started paint prep. The previous owner apparently had a hobby of nailing things to the wall. Then, they painted over most of the nails. Every time we turned around, we found more nails. We thought we would never be done spackling.

Two walls in the bathroom and one wall in the office had really awful wallpaper on them, so the drywall guy took that down and skim-coated the walls to make them smooth.

The top of the wall before it was chopped off. Note that this house was built back when 2x4s really were 2 inches by 4 inches

The new gap between the kitchen and the living room

One guy chopping the wall down, while another guy fixes it up

Bathroom construction zone

Whoever did all the pink paint didn’t bother taking this screw off the shelf before they painted it

We found a Cheerio painted to the wall

Here is the Cheerio after being removed from the wall

Someone wrote “Hi!” on top of the kitchen cabinet!

Jonathan, painting the storage room so fast that he’s a blur. Note all the spackle-spots – it looks like the walls have poison ivy